RESEARCH ARTICLE
Improving Composite Resin Performance Through Decreasing its Viscosity by Different Methods
Kusai Baroudi*, Said Mahmoud
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2015Volume: 9
First Page: 235
Last Page: 242
Publisher ID: TODENTJ-9-235
DOI: 10.2174/1874210601509010235
Article History:
Received Date: 15/2/2015Revision Received Date: 25/4/2015
Acceptance Date: 27/4/2015
Electronic publication date: 26/6/2015
Collection year: 2015
open-access license: This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
Abstract
The aim of this work was to present the different current methods of decreasing viscosity of resin composite materials such as (using flowable composites, lowering the viscosity of the monomer mixture, heating composites and applying sonic vibration) and furnish dentists with a basis that can provide criteria for choosing one or another to suit their therapeutic requirements. The four discussed methods proved that lowering composite viscosity improves its handling and facilitates its application to cavities with complicated forms, decreasing time for procedure and improving marginal adaptation. Other properties improved by decreasing composite resin viscosity were controversial between the four methods and affected by other factors such as composite brand and light cure unit.
